A People's Guide to Abolition and Disability Justice

Disability justice and prison abolition are two increasingly populartheories that overlap but whose intersection has rarely been explored indepth. A People's Guide to Abolition and Disability Justice explains thehistory and theories behind abolition and disability justice in a way thatis easy to understand for those new to these concepts yet also givesinsights that will be useful to seasoned activists. The book uses extensiveresearch and professional and lived experience to illuminate the way theState uses disability and its power to disable to incarcerate multiplymarginalized disabled people, especially those who are queer, trans, Black,or Indigenous. Because disabled people are much more likely thannondisabled people to be locked up in prisons, jails, and other sites ofincarceration, abolitionists, and others critical of carceral systems mustincorporate a disability justice perspective into our work. A People'sGuide to Abolition and Disability Justice gives personal and policyexample